Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver
On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:55:23 -0400 Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 07:35:24AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > Or do what I did: dispense with a screensaver entirely. Haven't
> > used one in years. Waste of CPU cycles. Besides modern computer
> > screens don't even need them anymore. They aren't prone to image
> > burning like tube-type monitors were. I just use xset or a power
> > management utility, if installed, to "sleep" the monitor display
> > after a set time of system idleness. Works great.
>
> For many of us, the primary function of the screen saver isn't the
> prevention of image burn-in, but rather the locking of the session to
> prevent other people from taking control when we step away.
Maybe, for "many," but I think "most" use them because they are
used to them, and the "cool" pictures and designs they display.
Security is secondary.
> Personally I use i3lock for this. Nice and simple. I don't use any
> kind of automatic invocation or idle checking. I just manually run it
> when I'm about to step away. (Used to use xlock, from xlockmore, but
> that was removed from Debian several releases ago.)
I lock my screen manually, too. Much of my work involves studying
what's on the screen without any input. It's an annoyance when it
"blanks" and I have to log back in disrupting my train of thought.
That's why we have so many choices and configurations.
B
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